For one night, Marcos Morau has decided to turn Tàrrega into Calanda. The director of La Veronal prepares an outdoor adaptation of Sonoma, one of his most dazzling productions. With the filmmaker Luis Buñuel and the drums of Holy Week among the references of the show, Morau wants to present Sonoma on Thursday night in the Plaza Major, the first day of FiraTàrrega. With this objective, he asks for the popular collaboration of women who want to participate with a drum, a timpani or any other percussion instrument that is played with drumsticks.
It is not the inaugural show, because FiraTàrrega never schedules an inaugural show, but on Thursday, September 7 at 9:30 p.m., what will happen in Plaza Major will be a first-rate artistic event. And it will not be the only thing. From September 7 to 10, the streets and theaters of the capital of Urgell will host 25 premieres out of a total of 46 shows from 45 companies, 50% of which are Catalan, 22% from the rest of Spain and 28% international .
Yesterday, at the headquarters of the Department of Culture, the main lines of this edition were presented, which has walking as its leitmotif. “The proposals have to do with walking and its synonyms: walking, observing unexpected places, suspicious walks, the figure of the flâneur”, explains Anna Giribet, the artistic director. “A transversal content program has been prepared, festive and that calls for a connection with the public; for all audiences, from the most hipster to the most expert, with artistic teams that are equal”.
There are three more large format shows. The English from Keleider will present Fish mobile, an installation of four large fish. The French company L'Homme Debout will also come with the giant puppet of Mo et le ruban rouge. And on Sunday night, as a closure without it being recorded as a closure, Alba G. Corral plus the Julià Carbonell Symphony Orchestra of les Terres de Lleida will premiere the musical show Les nostres terres com planetes dansant in the Plaza Mayor, but the day before the public You will also be able to attend the dress rehearsal.
Other names, although it is impossible to summarize: Bigbouncers, Svalholm, Zum-Zum Teatre, Joan Català, Maria Palma and Joan Font, founder of Comediants and promoter of FiraTàrrega, who will review his artistic and personal life in El vendor de fum.
Edgar García, director of the ICEC, recalls that FiraTàrrega "is an international reference in southern Europe, among the strategic markets for supporting the performing arts". In the professional area that operates all year round, there are 1,400 accredited professionals. For the executive director, Natàlia Lloreta, "the fair is like a market with tasting, where whoever comes can see the works and also observe the public's reaction." This year's edition has a budget of 1.2 million euros, of which 71% are public subsidies, 9% private and the remaining 20% are own resources.
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